Discuss what the concept of "modernity" meant in the 1920s. How did art and innovation in the decade reflect the new mood of the postwar era?

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Hugh Mcdaniel

30 March, 01:09

Discuss what the concept of "modernity" meant in the 1920s. How did art and innovation in the decade reflect the new mood of the postwar era?

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Modernity in the 1920s meant new technology like radio, automobiles, and mass media. The middle class expanding and people looking towards the future. The government put more into the economy and people started to become rich and famous.

The rights of women changed for example the right to vote and more social freedoms began to happen for women. Women also stayed in the workforce after the war. Products also were being made that modernized life in the 1920s like frozen food, liquid fuel rocket, movies, television, and videophone. Most artists of the nation during the 1920s believed that Americans had become too involved in money and their wealth. These artists used their art to question the value of life and politics in their society. The artists felt a need to protest the way American society was changing around them.